Triggers
Foods, hormones, sleep, stress, weather, screen light — mapping the personal patterns that provoke episodes.
Why Stress Lowers Your Migraine Threshold
Stress rarely causes an attack by itself — it fills the bucket that other triggers then overflow. Understanding the bucket changes how you defend yourself.
Caffeine and Migraine: A Delicate Balance
Caffeine can help a migraine, trigger a migraine, and cause one by its absence — sometimes in the same person. How to find your own balance.
Screens, Bright Light, and Your Eyes
Screens and bright light are two of the most common modern triggers. Practical defenses: the 20-20-20 rule, glare control, and light protection that actually fits your day.
Know Your Personal Triggers
The most effective migraine tool isn't a medication — it's knowing what tends to happen before your attacks. Here's how to find your patterns.
Common migraine triggers (and how to test yours)
Trigger lists are famously long. Most people only have a handful that actually matter. Here is how to find yours without gaslighting yourself.
Other categories
Understanding Migraine
The fundamentals: what migraine is, its different types (with and without aura, retinal, vestibular, hemiplegic), and why it affects the whole nervous system.
Visual Aura
Zigzags, shimmering arcs, blind spots and other visual disturbances — what they are, why they happen, and how to cope.
Symptoms
The full picture: pain, nausea, sensory sensitivity, cognitive fog, and the phases before and after an attack.
Recovery
Getting through the postdrome, restoring energy, and rebuilding after an attack.
Emotional Health
Migraine is not just physical. Grief, anxiety, fear of the next attack, identity — and how to care for the emotional side.
Lifestyle
Sleep hygiene, nutrition, hydration, movement, screen habits — small daily choices that shift the baseline.
Research
Current science on migraine and visual aura — mechanisms, treatments, and where the field is heading.